The administration of US President Donald Trump moved Germany ahead of Switzerland in line for the following Patriot air defense systems, which potentially allow Berlin to send two available Patriot systems to Ukraine, the newspaper The Wall Street Journal said on July 18, referring to American officials. The Switzerland government said that the United States "decided to revise priorities in the supply of ground -based Patriot air defense systems to strengthen Ukraine's support.

US President Donald Trump on July 18 signed the first Federal Law on the regulation of stabelcoins , reports Bloomberg. The Law on the Management and Establishment of National Innovations in the Sphere of Steabelcoins (Genius ACT) is designed to create a regulatory framework for stablecoins in the United States. “The Genius ACT law creates a clear and simple regulatory framework for the establishment and realization of the huge potential of stablecoins provided by the dollar.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin terminated the agreement between Russia and Germany on military-technical cooperation. The corresponding order signed on July 15 was published on the portal of legal information on July 18. Mishustin instructed the Russian Foreign Ministry to notify Germany of the decision. The governments of Russia and Germany signed an agreement on June 14, 1996.

Nepal telecommunications department demanded that the telecommunication services suppliers immediately limit or completely stop access to Telegram, Sinhua reports on July 18. The notification, which was distributed by the department, states that in Nepal the number of online abnormalities committed using the messenger has grown. Including Telegram used to launder money, the management said. Telegram messenger is blocked in several countries of the world, including in China , Iran and Vietnam .

The IIKO company, which develops the restaurant business automation software, said that its date-center has been subjected to a powerful DDOS attacked. “Data center experts are working on the restoration of infrastructure, but so far the problem has not yet been completely eliminated and the attack continues,” the company reported on the day of July 18.

The British government reported on July 18, which imposed sanctions against 18 Russian military intelligence officers (GRU), as well as its three units. According to the British authorities, Russian scouts and hackers who fell under sanctions for many years conducted cyber attacks and information operations in the UK and European countries.

The “Come” project, which in February 2024 launched the “Support Service” , “Medusa” and “Rain”, gathered a million euros to help peaceful Ukrainians who suffered from the war of Russia with Ukraine. Almost 280 thousand people received help. The money collected as part of the project goes to support people who lost housing as a result of shelling, humanitarian assistance to those who are in front -line territories, to evacuate those who decide to leave further from the front.

What sites and services the authorities are trying to ban for 10 years now Maxim Zmeyev / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Promotion in support of free Internet after locking Telegram. Moscow, May 13, 2018 On July 18, it became known that in Russia they were going to block WhatsApp. This is the most popular messenger in the country that is used by almost 80% of the population. State Duma deputy Anton Gorelkin warned of his blocking, and the sources of Medusa in power called it almost guaranteed.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia put on the wanted list of the rapper Face (Ivan Dremin), reports on July 18 Mediazon. The search card on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs says that Dremin is wanted “under the article of the Criminal Code”, by which one, is not specified. The card also mentions special signs: tattoos in the form of inscriptions on the right side of the forehead and under the eyes.

The only thing we know for sure - the authorities will try to replace it with the "national messenger" The Deputy Head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Anton Gorelkin said that the Messenger WhatsApp "It is time to prepare for leaving the Russian market." Messenger, owned by the extremist organization of META, with a very high degree of probability will fall into the list of alternating countries subject to restrictions that the Government of the Russian Federation is

Trump was offended and complained. Now the show is closed Scott Kowalchyk / CBS / Getty Images The CBS television channel intends at the end of the next season, that is, in May 2026, to close The Late Show, the most popular evening show on American television. The host of Stephen Kolber announced this on the air on Thursday, July 17. The channel assures that this is a “purely financial decision”.

Henri Prolo, the top manager of the French company Dassault Aviation , which makes fighters supplied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is simultaneously part of the Board of Directors of the Russian ABR Management, which manages the money of friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin. About this writes The Insider. As noted by the publication, in the early tenths, the work of PLO attracted the attention of the press due to “controversial business relations” with Russian structures.

And why does its possible blocking harm everyone, including officials? Russian deputies want to limit the work of the most popular messenger in the country - WhatsApp. This was announced on July 18, 2025 by the deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy Anton Gorelkin. He noted that whatsApp “it's time to prepare for leaving the Russian market”, since the application “with a very high degree of probability will fall into the software list from unfriendly countries”.

The Investigative Committee in Moscow said that in relation to the editor -in -chief of Rain Tikhon Dzyadko and two journalists of the television channel Ekaterina Kotrikadze and Valeria Ratnikova, they opened a criminal case under articles on fakes about the army of the Russian Federation and to evade the duties of a “foreign agent”. The UK reported that they were considering the question of announcing Kutrikadze and Ratnikov on the wanted list.

US President Donald Trump, in a conversation with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on July 4, stated that Ukraine “would not change the course of the war, playing in defense,” writes The Washington Post with reference to an anonymous Ukrainian official. According to the source, Trump said that Ukraine should go on the offensive. Then Trump asked whether the Armed Forces of Ukraine could attack Moscow or St. Petersburg, and Zelensky answered in the affirmative-if there were weapons.